Patents by Inventor Shawn Michael Kaeppler

Shawn Michael Kaeppler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of gene editing and transforming cannabis
    Patent number: 11512320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • Agrobacterium-mediated and particle bombardment transformation method for cowpea and dry bean meristem explants
    Patent number: 11377662
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for the stable transformation of meristem explants from cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler
  • Efficient plant transformation method
    Patent number: 11266086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish
  • Mutation of the ZMCIPK15 gene to increase root angle and to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize
    Patent number: 11178832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root angle to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root angle by decreasing the function of the maize ZMCIPK15 gene. Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Hannah Marie Schneider, Jonathan Paul Lynch, Malcolm John Bennett
  • METHODS OF GENE EDITING AND TRANSFORMING CANNABIS
    Publication number: 20210254083
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • METHODS OF GENE EDITING AND TRANSFORMING CANNABIS
    Publication number: 20210071186
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of Cannabis meristem explants from dry seeds. Also described are methods of transforming and gene editing using the Cannabis meristem explants disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael W. Petersen, Edward James Williams, Robert Harnish, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler, Brian Martinell, Ray Collier, Frank McFarland, Shawn Michael Kaeppler
  • EFFICIENT MONOCOT EMBRYO EXTRACTION AND PRESERVATION METHODS AND NOVEL USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200396918
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for sterile extraction, drying, storage, and transformation of immature and mature maize and monocot embryos. The present disclosure also describes a dried, storable, freezable value added maize and monocot explants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Joseph Martinell, Michael William Petersen, Edward James Williams, Frank Lloyd McFarland, Nathaniel Schleif, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi Flewelling Kaeppler
  • TARGETED MODIFICATION OF MAIZE ROOTS TO ENHANCE ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20190380295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root cortical aerenchyma (RCA). Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Patompong Saengwilai, Jonathan Paul Lynch, Malcolm John Bennett, James Johnson
  • Targeted modification of maize roots to enhance abiotic stress tolerance
    Patent number: 10440911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root cortical aerenchyma (RCA). Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Patompong Saengwilai, Jonathan Paul Lynch, Malcolm John Bennett, James Johnson
  • EFFICIENT LEGUME TRANSFORMATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20190208723
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for the production of value added explants from the seeds of dicotyledonous cultivars of interest. Also described are methods of transformation using the value added explants produced by the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Amy Jo Miyamoto, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Robert Wayne Harnish
  • AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED AND PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT TRANSFORMATION METHOD FOR COWPEA AND DRY BEAN MERISTEM EXPLANTS
    Publication number: 20190211347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for the stable transformation of meristem explants from cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) and dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Petersen, Brian Joseph Martinell, Edward James Williams, Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Heidi F. Kaeppler
  • TARGETED MODIFICATION OF MAIZE ROOT ANGLE TO ENHANCE ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION
    Publication number: 20190144879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root angle. Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Hannah Marie Schneider, Jonathan Paul Lynch, Malcolm John Bennett
  • TARGETED MODIFICATION OF MAIZE ROOTS TO ENHANCE ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20180077892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crop breeding. More particularly, the present invention relates to targeted modification of root to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in maize. In one aspect, the invention provides recombinant maize exhibiting increased root cortical aerenchyma (RCA). Methods of making the recombinant maize and various methods of plant selection and breeding are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Kaeppler, Patompong Saengwilai, Jonathon Paul Lynch, Malcolm John Bennett